The theory of justice in the work of José Ortega y Gasset.

Abstract

The following pages deal with the theory of justice in the work of José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) based on a careful reading of the new edition of his Complete Works. We will take a tour of the entire work of the philosopher of vital reason, from his youth to his intellectual maturity, which is when the idea of justice, as well as his reflection on law and rights, gain in intensity.In the first period, Ortega conceived justice in an enlightened sense and from the idealism of his youth, influenced by the moral or practical philosophy of Kant. In a second moment of his thought, the Spanish philosopher will explore the idea of justice, as well as law and right, from his estimative theory or philosophy of values, as well as from his sociology. One of the aspects that we will show is the validity of his thought in this 21^st century, since Ortega proposed the idea of global or sidereal justice.